In 1352 CE, Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta reported the existence of the ngoni and balafon at the court of Malian ruler Mansa Musa.

In 1324, two years before his first visit to Cairo, the West African Malian Mansa, or king of kings, Musa had passed through the same city on his own hajj and caused a sensation with a display of extravagant riches brought from his gold-rich homeland.

There Ibn Battuta was acquainted by a local Malian merchant named Abu Bakr Ibn Yaqub, together they ventured around Timbuktu and sailed to Gao, it was during their travels that Ibn Battuta first encountered a hippopotamus, which was feared among the local boatmen because it drowned or killed local inhabitants.

Thucydides correlates, in his description of the 426 BC Malian Gulf tsunami, for the first time in the history of natural science, quakes and waves in terms of cause and effect.

As a socialist, he led his country towards the progressive socialization of the economy ; at first starting with agriculture and trade, then on October 1960 creating the SOMIEX ( Malian Import and Export Company ), which had a monopoly over the exports of the products of Mali, as well as manufactured and food imports ( e. g. sugar, tea, powdered milk ) and their distribution inside the country.

Drogba's personal life was also becoming more serious as he and his Malian wife Alla had their first child, Isaac.

In the second half his play improved, and " a goalline clearance to deny Shevchenko a likely winner " contributed to his becoming the first Malian to win a Champions League winners medal as Liverpool fought back from 3 – 0 down to draw 3 – 3 and beat Milan on penalties.

By the 14th century the Malian empire ( c. 1230-1600 ) had reached its apogee, acquiring a considerable reputation for the Islamic practice of its court and the pilgrimages of several emperors who followed the tradition of Lahilatul Kalabi, the first black prince to make hajj to Mecca.

Her first album Mouneïssa ( Label Bleu ), released in late 1997 in Mali and September 1, 1998 in Europe, was acclaimed for its fresh treatment and unqualifiable combinations of several Malian music traditions such as her use of the ngoni and the balafon.

Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, to a French mother and a Malian father, Kanouté's talents as a striker were first noticed by his local team, Olympique Lyonnais, and he joined them as an apprentice in 1997.

The first expedition to distribute the Malian Peanut Sheller ( now known as the Universal Nut Sheller was to Uganda in January of 2005.

* Peanuts-a documentary film about Brandis ' creation of the first Universal Nut Sheller then known as the Malian Peanut Sheller

He became the first Malian Barcelona player ever, and the club set his new release clause at € 90 million.

* Peanuts-a documentary film about Brandis ' creation of the first Malian Peanut Sheller

In the second half Italian substitute Enzo Maresca scored twice to be named Man of the Match, and Malian striker Frédéric Kanouté finished the scoring.

While police control barriers are a common sight on African highways, and while illicit demands for bribes at such stops are common in many countries, the main Malian highway heading south from Bamako to the Burkina Faso border was singled out in late 2008 as the worst in West Africa.

* 1939 – Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician ( d. 2008 )

As of summer 2008, works were in progress around the Malian Gulf, due to be completed in 2011, while a large part of the route around the bay, was completed in April 2008.

The census agents visited some Fula camps in Mali which provoked outrage from the Malian government who saw it as a violation of sovereignty.

There was no tournament held the following year, but the action resumed again in 1966, when the two-legged ‘ home and away ’ final was introduced, which saw another Malian team AS Real Bamako take on Stade Abidjan of the Côte d ' Ivoire.

" On 1 October 1960, the Malian army was created and solemnly installed through a speech by Chief of Staff Captain Sekou Traore.

Janvier Sedonoude Abouta ( born January 1, 1981 ) is a Malian football player who plays for Malian Première Division club Djoliba AC.

* the human effigy tribal figure, kanaga, that appeared on the original Malian independence flag adopted on April 4, 1959, when Mali joined the Mali Federation, but was removed on March 1, 1961 due to Islamic aniconism, the belief against depiction of human life

Mohamed Lamine Sissoko Gillan ( born 22 January 1985 ) is a French-born Malian footballer who is currently playing for the French Ligue 1 team Paris Saint-Germain and the Malian national team.

Lobi Traoré ( 1961 – 1 June 2010 ) was a Malian musician.

Separate smaller Hausa dialects are spoken by an unknown number of Hausa further west in parts of Burkina Faso, and in the Haoussa Foulane, Badji Haoussa, Guezou Haoussa, and Ansongo districts of northeastern Mali ( where it is designated as a minority language by the Malian government ), but there are very little linguistic resources and research done on these particular dialects at this time.

In September 1976, a new political party was established, the Democratic Union of the Malian People ( UDPM ), based on the concept of democratic centralism.

Refuges, in the 92, 000-person refugee camp at Mbera, Mauritania, describe the Islamists as " intent on imposing an Islam of lash and gun on Malian Muslims.

U. S .- Malian relations are described by the U. S. Department of State as " excellent and expanding ," especially given Mali's recent record of democratic stability in the volatile area of West Africa and its avowed support of the war on terrorism.

The team that went on to discover the VvMYBA1 and VvMYBA2 genes that control grape colour have suggested that a gene involved in anthocyanin production has been deleted in the subepidermis of Malian, and then subepidermal cells invaded the epidermis to produce Shalistin.

# Thessalian Asopus, a river originating on Mount Oeta in Thessaly and emptying into the Malian Gulf.

In 2005, after the cocoa industry had not met the Harkin-Engel Protocol deadline for certifying the worst forms of child labor ( according to the International Labor Organization's Convention 182 ) had been eliminated from cocoa production, the International Labor Rights Fund filed a lawsuit in 2005 under the Alien Tort Claims Act against Nestle and others on behalf of three Malian children.

In 2005 Brook directed Tierno Bokar, based on the life of the Malian sufi of the same name.

Sung in the Malian language Wassoulou and backing herself on guitar, Diawara explores themes of war, abandonment of children and female circumcision ( Boloko ) supported by contributions from West African virtuosi Tony Allen ( drums ) and Toumani Diabaté ( kora ) as well as Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.

The local economy is based on farming and the Sikasso, which receives more rain than any other Malian region, is known for its fruits and vegetables.

Bocoum uses music as a medium of communication, commenting on contemporary Malian society, e. g., " if you betray one woman, you betray all women " ( Yarabitala ), " we live in a crazy world with no respect ; tomorrow we ’ ll be judged by our children " ( Salamm aleikum ), " parents, do not force your daughters to marry ; a home will never flourish without true love " ( Mali woymoyo ).

Pioneer Jazz became very popular, and contributed musicians who went on to join other renowned Malian bands.

Ségou is also regarded as the capital of Malian pottery with a large pottery district in Kalabougou situated on the left bank.

After the deadline passed, the International Labor Rights Fund filed a lawsuit in 2005 under the Alien Tort Claims Act against Nestle, Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland on behalf of three Malian children.

Former Malian rebel leaders, notably the 1990s commander Lyad Ag Ghaly, denounced the 2007 violence and called on the Bahanga group to cease their attacks and offered to negotiate on behalf of the Bamako government.

Araouane or Arawan is a small village in the Malian Sahara, lying north of Timbuktu on the caravan route to Taoudenni.